Roadable aircraft

Abstract

A roadable vehicle includes main wings, a fuselage, a sliding door on a lateral side surface of the fuselage, and hinge mechanisms. The hinge mechanisms connect the main wings to the fuselage. The hinge mechanisms allow the main wings to turn between a first state where the main wings are folded beside the fuselage and a second state where the main wings are opened on the lateral sides of the fuselage. In the first state, the sliding door is opened and closed by sliding the sliding door in a space formed between one of the main wings and the fuselage while an outer side of the fuselage and an inner side of the sliding door facing each other.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A roadable aircraft, comprising:
 main wings; 
 a fuselage; 
 a sliding door on a lateral side of the fuselage; and 
 hinge mechanisms which connect the main wings to the fuselage and which allow the main wings to tum between:
 a first state where the main wings are folded beside the fuselage; and 
 a second state where the main wings are opened on lateral sides of the fuselage, wherein: 
 fittings are respectively provided i) on the fuselage and ii) on an outer periphery of a winglet formed on an end of one of the main wings, and 
 in the first state, 1) the end of the winglet is fixable to the fuselage using the fittings, and 2) the sliding door is opened and closed by sliding the sliding door in a space surrounded by the one of the main wings, the winglet, and the fuselage while an outer side of the fuselage and an inner side of the sliding door face each other. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The roadable aircraft according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the main wings are tilt wings with propellers attached, and 
 the hinge mechanisms rotate with respect to the fuselage to change a tilt angle of the tilt wings in the second state. 
 
     
     
       3. The roadable aircraft according to  claim 1 , wherein the fittings include a hook and a U-shaped metal fitting. 
     
     
       4. The roadable aircraft according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a rail arranged at a part of the fuselage, the part corresponding to a top edge of the sliding door, a front end of the rail being curved toward an inside of the fuselage.